Royal Marines - Making Safe Mines and Bombs
They make safe enemy bombs and mines. 16 October 1944, Boulogne. The RMS and BDO (Render Mines Safe and Bomb Disposal Officer) and his...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 6, 2019
- 4 min
Operation Impact Plain - Battle of the Pump House - 40 CDO RM Last Action of WWII
Operation Roast Battle of the Argenta Gap, Lake Comacchio, Italy, launched on the 1st April 1945 involving the whole of 2 Commando...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 4, 2019
- 4 min
Major FJ Ricketts Royal Marines - 'Colonel Bogey'
Frederick Joseph Ricketts (21 February 1881 – 15 May 1945) was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J....
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal 1917
IWM Archive Film: IWM 201 King George V inspects Royal Marine cadets and officers at Deal, 1917 The King, in Field Marshal's uniform,...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
The RMA Howitzer Brigade in France
The RMA Howitzer Brigade in France In October 1914 the RMA was reorganised to provide two artillery brigades for the Western Front. One...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 21, 2018
- 3 min
Royal Marines at The Battle of Trafalgar - Death of Nelson - 21st October 1805
Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...
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Simon Biggs
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
Lieutenant-Colonel 'Pug' Davis - founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC
Lieutenant-Colonel "Pug" Davis (1923 - 2011 aged 87), was the founding father of the Special Boat Service, and won a DSC for a daring...
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